Daily Archive: Thursday, February 12, 2009

Two policemen were yesterday jointly charged with demanding bribes from members of the public, raising the number of lawmen charged to eight in two days.

Dr. Joshua Ramsammy, the distinguished academic and political activist who survived an assassination attempt during the resistance to the Forbes Burnham regime, died yesterday.

The 34-year-old father of three charged with murdering his wife appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

-had been detained over beating of child The manner, in which a 38-year-old labourer decided to discipline his child drew the ire of neighbours, who reported him to the police, and he was detained only to be discovered hanging in the La Grange lock-ups a few hours later on Tuesday night.

High tides yesterday damaged a koker at Stewartville, Region Three but a quick response from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) averted disaster, according to the Government Information Agency (GINA).

… but CMO says there’s no ‘outbreak’ One hundred and fifteen persons have been diagnosed with dengue for the year but there is no outbreak of the infection, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Shamdeo Persaud who said the Ministry of Health has been monitoring the situation closely. 

–in polar beer probe Attorneys for several of the Customs and Trade Administration (CTA) employees named in the Polar beer fraud involving Fidelity Investments are calling on the revenue body to handle the internal investigations being conducted carefully, and to provide further details on the allegations being made.

Parents of children at the Enmore Primary School yesterday agreed to keep them away from the school for two days from today, in an effort to force authorities to effect urgent repairs to the school’s toilets which have been non-functional for several years.

The Consultative Association of Guyanese Industry (CAGI) is hosting a course in negotiations and conflict resolutions for directors and managers aimed at enhancing their skills.  

The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association says the lack of equipment at the New Amsterdam Fire Service is among several of its concerns regarding the safety and well-being of the town.

The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is meeting today to nominate and elect a new bishop since the Reverend Randolph George retired in December.

The man charged with murdering businessman Mark Anthony Gill in 2005 and the woman accused of assisting him after the murder were both committed to stand trial when the matter was called at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magis-trate’s Court yesterday.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin last weekend led a team to Region One as part of the party’s outreach programme and he held discussions and meetings with residents in the various communities.

A 54-year-old businessman of Canefield, East Canje was shot in his right foot after three armed bandits attacked and robbed him of almost $400,000 in cash, phone cards, gold jewellery and a cell phone around 11:45 pm on Tuesday.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has forecast a bleak regional performance this year due to the ongoing global financial crisis.

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Chairman of the Tuschen Community Develop-ment Council (CDC) Neville James for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence.

Dear Editor, Mashramani is here again and given that it is one of our major national cultural events, now is as good a time as any to think about the direction of this historic festival and the cultural sector in general.

Dear Editor, Having taught in a challenging school environment for fourteen years, I pride myself on being able to decipher the scribbled hieroglyphics of attempts at literacy and numeracy produced by school children so that I can evaluate their thought processes and award some marks.

President’s College, Saints and GITC in winners row By Rawle Toney St Stanislaus College (Saints), President’s College and Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC)are the latest schools to register wins in this year’s Ministry of Sport Mashramani Inter-Schools basketball tournament, now being played at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, In today’s issue of SN (10.2.09), the Minister of Finance stated in his 2009 budget presentation to the National Assembly that the nominal sum of $108 million has been allocated for constructing two airstrips, one each on the islands of Leguan and Wakenaam in the Essequibo River.

Former national middle order batsman Ravindranauth Seeram who has a level two coaching certificate has replaced the long-serving  Albert Smith as coach of the Guyana national cricket team for the remainder of the present West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament.

By Tony Cozier In  Antigua The reasons and excuses, basically one and the same, for England’s defeat in the Sabina Test have been as many as the 51 for which they were despatched in their second innings of the first test of the 2009 Digicel Series which ended on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Those who knew Charlie Denbow as well and as long as I did would readily acknowledge that an urbane and accomplished Guyanese son has passed.

Dear Editor, The very last first class cricket in which I officiated was England vs Guyana at Bourda in 1974.

A  driver of  Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, who allegedly drove to Black Bush Polder, Corentyne and  stole vehicle parts totalling $1.7M was remanded  to prison  by Magistrate Chandra Sohan last Friday.

Neal and Massy (N&M) Guyana Group honoured its Sports personalities for 2008 at an Awards ceremony last Friday evening at Neal and Massy Staff facilities at Ruimveldt.

Basketball tournament to bounce off today – to be part of SBA By Rawle Toney Four  houses – Carr, Cambridge, Blackette and Grant – will all be vying for top prizes and honours today when the fifth form students of the McKenzie High School (MHS) as part of their Physical Education School-Based Assessment (SBA) bounce off an inter-house basketball tournament.

The man who allegedly murdered a miner who had intervened as a peacemaker in a scuffle appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The 18th Annual R&R International Limited sponsored 40-mile cycle road race will pedal off at 9:00am this Sunday from the Demerara Harbour Bridge, proceed to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo, and back to the place of origin for the finish.

Dear Editor, It is unacceptable that Guyana must wait for the President to find out about or deal with problems like the Demerara Harbour Bridge, sugar or the air traffic controllers, etc.

Two days ago, after a week of courting the American news networks to the point of exhaustion, President Obama held an anxious press conference, hoping to persuade a sceptical public of the need for a second economic stimulus plan.

History of the British Guiana railway system – Georgetown to Mahaica Part 2 By Shammane Joseph This is the second instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of the history of the British Guiana railway with particular reference to the Georgetown-Mahaica link.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday issued arrest warrants for two robbery under arms accused after they did not turn up at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court for their case.